Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
December 13, 1813
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VOL. I. WASHINGTON CITY, JUBLIBHED BY GALES AND SEATON, Daily, at Ten Dollars per annum PAIB IN ADVANCE. No subscription will be taken for fess than twelve months. All letters to the Editors must be post paid. WILL Be OTTERED AT PUBLIC SALE, On the 2d Monday of December next, on the premises, a number of valuable LOTS, in sq aouth of sq. No. 744, south of theSugar house The plan will be shewn, and terms made known, at the time of sale, by JOSEPH FORREST, EDMUND LAW. November 3. JOSEPH CLARKE, Merchant Tailor. Pennsylvania Avenue, few doors west of Mr. Davis’s Hotel, Ilas received in addition to his former stock of GOODS, Superfine London Cloths and Kerseymers, Do Domestic do do Do Bedford’s Cords of different descrip tions, Do Stockinets, Hue. black and drab. Black silk Florentine Vesting, Fancy Moleskin do TAlenetts, Marseilles of different descriptions. Dec. 2— FOR SALE, That Valuable Farm, Containing between four and five hundred acres, and Mill known by the name o Rockhill Mill, lying in the county cf Fauquier on little river, the ’.ate p. ooerty and residence of Minor "Winn, deceased OuMedr.esuay ihels.h dayof Dec. next, if fair, f no., the next fa r day, will be sold on the premises to the highest bdder on a credit of three years with interest from the date, to be paid annually, or the purcha.-e to be forfeited in default thereof; a deed of trust on the property will bequired as secur ty for the payment of the purchase There is on said farm an excellent two story stone d" elling house, stone kitchen, negro quarters and barn; and all other necessary buildings for a farm in good repair, a large apple orchard. Ihe situa tion healthy and well watered the land sue cessfully adapted to the use ot piaister of pa ris and clover, and raising of wheat; -also a lease lot subject to a rent of one thousand pounds of tobacco per annum the mill has two pair of stones; one pair burrs, and all (he necessarymachinery for manufacturing of flour. A further description is deemed unnecessary as it is presumed, any person disposed to pur chase so valuable a property will first view the premises which will be shewn at any time be fore the safe by John W Winn, who resides near them. Also at the same time and place about twenty four Negroes, consisting of men, women and children two stills with the ne cessary apparatus for distilling, stock horses, two yoke'of oxen, between three and f»ur hun dred barrels of corn, a quantity of wheat, rye, hav, fodder plantation utensils. 2 wheat fans, *2 waggons cart, a s*t of blacksmith’s tools, and many other articles too tedious to men tion, on a credit of twelve months (except a Eart of the g’-ain, that the terms will be made nown on the day of sale) bond with ap proved security will be required to bear in terest from the date, if not punctually paid Sale to commence at eleven o’clock, when due attendance will be given by John W- Winn and Isham O’Bannon, executors of the last will and testemenf of Minor Winn, deceased. JOHN W WI 'N and ISHAM O'BANNON, Ex’rs. Nov. 4—6 w NO TICE Eate Bank of the United States. September 10, 1813. THE Trustees of the late Bank of the United States, will, after the first day of January next receive proposals for the purchase of the whole or any part of the debts due to the trust —they will at any time thereafter communi cate to persons desirous of making such pro posals, any information in their power, in re lation to the said debts and previous thereto the said Trustees will receive proposals for a composition by the debtors themselves. G. SIMPSON, Cashier. Sept. 14—wtlJ REMOVAL. WILLIAM WARD RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public in general, that he has remov ed to|Perm^ylvania Avenue, three doors west of Mr. Davfe’s Hote’, and nearly opposite the of fice of the National Intelligencer, where he in tends keeping a good assortment of domestic and imported GOODS, such as the present Mate of the times will admit, and hopes for a continuance of the favors already conferred on him. He has on hand a good assortment of <si!k, Cotton and Worsted HOSIERY; BLANKETS, FLANNELS, CALICOS and GINGHAMS; Linen and Cotton CAMBRIGS; LINEN and Shirting COTTON, homemade; LACES and RIBBONS; Silk and Cotton CORDS, and a good assortment of Leather Morocco SHOES nd SLIPPERS, Ac. which he will sell low for cash. December 4—eod6t LAND FOR SALE. ON Monday, the third day of January next, at the Court house, in the town of Dumfries, Prince William county, will be sold, at public auction, a tract of land called Douglass Hill, the residence of the late Alexander Lithgow, containing 800 acres, lying within 3 miles oi the said town. It has on it a good dwelling house, containing two rooms below and three above, together with necessary out houses. There are a-Lso on the land several good houses fitted for tenants. The land will be divided in such way Mto suit two or more purchasers It is extremely well watered. The title is indis putable. A credit of two years will be given to the purchaser. Possession will be immedi ately given upon the day of sale The sale is made on a deed of trust from Alexander Lith sow to Charles Tyler and Alexander Lithgow, P. HARRISON, Attorney in fact for the Trustees. Dumfries, Oct 29—Nov. S^Stawts. Daily National Intelligencer, TO PERSONS EMPLOYED ON BOARD PRIVATE ARMED VESSELS. TO enable those who may be wounded, or disabled, in any engagement with the enemy, to obtain certificates entitling them to pen sions, the like regulations and restrictions as are used in relation to the navy of the United States, are to be observed, to wit: That the commanding officer of every ves sel having a commission, or fetters of marque and reprisal, cause to be givpn to any officer, or seamen, who, during his cruise, shall have been wounded, or disabled, as aforesaid, a certificate of the Surgeon on board, to be ap proved and signed by such commanding offi cer, describing the nature and degree, as far as practicable, of such wound, or disability, naming his place of residence and the rate of wages, if any, to which he was entitled at the time of receiving such wound, or disability and that such certificate be transmitted to this department. The widows (or Orphans, where the wife is dead) of those persons who may be slain, in any engagement with the enemy, on board such vessels, will be entitled to pension certifi cates, upon forwarding to this office a certifi cate from the commanding officer of the vessel to which such prisons were attached, of their having been slam as aforesaid the certificate ota justice of he peace, for the county in which such widows, or orphans, may reside, that they actually stand in that relation to the deceased. Navy Department, Washington, June. 5.-—ts. At tSe Hygeia Academt at Haymarket, in Prince William county, Virginia, a Professor of the Dr d Languages; and also a Professor of Math .matics, Geography and English Gram mar. Applications to be made to the Trustees who will convene at Haymarket on thy Ist Monday in December next to make the elections. By order, EDM. BROOKE, Sec’ry. Set.p 24—wtd. -L—— A CARD. At the Wine Cellar of the subscriber may be had, in fine order, I adeira Sherry Teneriffe Lisbon Malaga Port (indraft) Champagne Malmsey Port (in bottles) Claret St. Julien Red and Vin de Grave, Bcc. J Gentlemen acquainted with the. quality of his old stock of Madeira Wine, are assured that during the recess of Congress he has added hereto a large quantity, some of which is of a very superior quality. A few hogsheads of PORTER from Mr. R. Hare’s br wcry, have just come to hand, and will be ready for sale in a few dkys. Orders for Wines and otlvr liquors carefully a /ended to by his son, Templin W. Ross. AND. ROSS. December 2—dim NEW CASH STORE, The subscriber has removed from F street to Pennsylvania Avenue nearly opposite the Centre or Marsh Market, where he has open ed a very extensive assortment of PRY GOODS HARDWARE which will he sold cheap, wholesale and re tail, for cash or good paper at short dates. A general assortment of fine and common, do mestic and imported clothing. Carpetings, Fur Capes and Tippets, Elastic pantaloons drawers, Plajing cards of superior quality, Spanish Segars, Macaba Snuff. Amongst his Hardware are— Fenders, Tea Trays, Costors, *ea Caddies and many other fancy articles, Cotion and Wool Cards, ALSO, Cutlery, Tools and Building Furniture of al most every description, Franklin and Close Stoves, Brass and iron Wire, Saddlery pewter Pla es, Scale-beams, Steel, Sad irons, &c. TO RENT, A Three Story well finished Brick House (ex cept the Store Rooms) of the Subscriber possession may be had on or before the Ist day of December next. THOS. W. PAIRO. Nov. 23 -3t3w PLAYING CARDS. J Milligan St Co. have received from several manufactories, and oiler for sale at their Book stores, on High-street and Bridge street, Georgetown, District of Columbia, Superfine Columbian "I Eagle Henry VIII I pi c d Merry Andwew d 3 and Highlander j Which they will sell by the gross, dozen or single pack. Country Merchants, Tavern Keepers and pohers, can be supplied at the manufactory ^tices. J. M. St Co. keep constantly on hand Plain, Gilt and Embossed Visiting Cards. Also, Blank Cards of various sizes for printing. On the use of the Globes and Practical As tronomy, or a Comprehensive View of the Sys tem of the World, in four parts, designed fur the instruction of Youth, and particularly adap ted to the United States—by J. Wallace, Member of the New-York Literary Institution, c Price three dollars—-just received and for sale by J. MILLIGAN CO. Booksellers, Georgetown, (Col.) November 25. NOTICE WANTED Amongst his Dry Goods are— A NE IE TREATISE MONDAY, DECEMBER. 13, 1813 FOR RENT. THE place I now live on, between the toll gate and the Capitol, is for rent and may be had for a term of years. About ten acres are well enclosed; the buildings convenient, with a good garden nnd a variety of excellent fruit trees. It is a desirable residence for a small family, or- a gardener upon a large scale. Apply to JOSEPH FORREST. Decembers—d2w X OLIVER Has just returned from Philadelphia, with her Winter Assortment of Millinery and Fancy Goods, among which are— Lace shawls, capes and handkerchiefs Crapes, gauzes, spider-nets and cambrics Laventines and ftorences of all colors Feathers, artificial flowers and wreathing i. Laventine shawls Merino do Net do t Net hdkfs Bead ornaments for the head Bugle trimmings for dresses Military feathers and sashes Fur tippets, capes and hdkfs. Children’s beaver hats A new assortment of ribbons Gloves and sleeves Silk, thread and cotton lace 2 cases of French milinery Pelises, spencers, wrappers and capea Dressing cases, sweet soaps, antique oil Opiat for the teeth, rouge vinegar, lip salve Pocket-books, combs, &c. Georgetown, Dec 1 d2w PUBLIC SALE. In pursuance of a decree of the honorable the circuit court for the district of Columbia, in the county of Washington, sitting as a court of Chancery, will be exposed to public auc tion, on Monday the twenty-fifth day of Octo ber next, at Tomlinson’s Hotel, in the city of Washington, the real estate of James Barry, deceased, lying within the district of Colum bia. The safe to commence at 10 o’clock A. M. and to continue by adjournment until the safe is completed. The terms of sale will be one-half of the purchase money to be paid in one year, and the other half in two years from the day of sale, with interest, the purchaser to give bond with approved surety, or promis sory notes with approved endorsers and, upon the approbation, ratification and confirmation by said court of the sale or sales, and upon the receipt of the whole purchase money, and not before, the trustees wil. give deeds to the purchasers respectively, agreeably to tha terms of said decree. The said real estate consists of a large tract of land called St. Elizabeth, containing above seven hundred acres, lying on the Eastern branch, and nearly opposite to the Navy Yard. It will be divided, so as to be convenient to pur chasers. Likewise the following lots in the city of Washington Lot No. 1, in Sq 660 —Lots No. 1,2, 3,4, 7 and 8, in sq 662 The whole of sq. West of sq 695—Lots 3,4, &5, in sq 706—Lots 4,5, 6, 7&B,in sq 708—Lots 1,2, 3,10, 11, 12, 13 14, in sq. 764—Lots 3,4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9 and 10, in sq. 793—-Lots 1 10, in sq. 654 Lots 2,3, 4A 6, in sq. 644— Lots 4,5, and 8. in sq 664 Furthei particulars will be made known on the day of sale. ROBERT BRENT, 7 ELIAS B. CALDWELL,^ Trusteeß N. B. The above Sale is adjourned to the Second Monday in December next —Then to commence at 10 o’clock A. M. at Tomlinson’s Hotel. All persons having claims against the estate of the above n.med James Barry, deceased, are hereby notified and required, to file them duly authenticated with the Register of the said Circuit court, for the district of Colum bia, in the county of Washington, on or be fore the first day of Jamury next, agreeably to the order of saidcourt ROBERT BRENT, 1 E. B. CALDWELL, J Trustees Novem. 12———3tawts MOUNT VERNON MILLS ion sale. The subscriber offers for sale his mills situ ated in the county of Kent and state of Dela ware, two miles from Dover, the same distance from Camden, and within one mile and a half of a considerable public Landing—where large quantities of wheat and corn are shipped for the Philadelphia and New York Markets. This property is in complete order—was rebuilt in 1801, with Evans’s m chinery all complete.— There is a large and comfortable Dwelling House-—cooper’s house—cooper’s shop and all necessary out buildings in good repair; and one hundred acres of land attached to the same; on? hundred and eleven acres two miles from the premises; thirty acres of which is excel lent Woodland, the remainder arable. This property is worth the attention of any person desirous of grinding large quantities of wheat and corn, as any quantity of either may be had delivered; being equally as con venient to the Farmers as the above-mention ed Landing. The stream of water superior to any in the county. A Factory, Distillery, or either may be erected and carried on to great advantage, as there is no such establishment within fifty miles ®f the premises. Any one inclining to view the premises and know the terms, will call on the subscriber in Camden. HENRY MOLLESTON October 9th, 1813.—ts. A FAMILY OF PLANTATION NE GROES FOR SALE. I WILL sell, on Wednesday, the 15th of December next, if fair, (if not, on the next fair day thereafter) at Queen Anne, in Prince George’s county, a family of Plantation NE GROES, to the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, the purchaser giving bond with approved security, bearing interest from the day of sale. These Negroes consist of the mother, about 40 years of age, active and healthy a young fellow of 18; another of 16 two lads—one 12 and the other 10 years old a girl, 13 years of age; and two others, one 6 and the other 4 years old. I should prefer selling them to gether, and to a person residing in the state. ROBERT W. BOWIE. November 23—dts. ALMANACS FOR 1814 For sale by J. MILLIGAN CO. al their Book-stores on High-Street abridge street Georgetown. E RIGGS BEEDING, AT THEIR NEW STORE, Next door to the Union Bank of Georgetown, have just received, and intend to keep con stantly.on safe, a large and general assortment of English, French, German, India and Ameri can made DRY GOODS, which they will sell, wholesale or retail, low for cash, tobacco or notes at short dates. Among those on hand arc^ Rest Ingrain carpetting, Superfine 4-4 Irish linens, of superior fabric, 4 4 sheeing long cioaths, do. 4-4 do. cambricks. Cloths and cassimeres, Bedford cords and stockinette Fashionable vestings, Wool, cotton and silk hosery, Merino, rose blanketts. Striped and point do. Superfine and fine flannels 3 Coatings and baizes, Blue mixed kersey, Forrest Cloaths plains, Pelisse cloaths of the latest fashion. Bed tickings and Irish sheetings, Madrass and bandanna handkerchiefs, &c. Hallers bow strings of superior quality, Also a few bales of German linens, Levantines, Florences and mantuas. Black, blue green lutestrings, White, pink and black sattins. White, pink, yellow and black crapes, Sattin and lutestring ribbonds, Chineals cords; and tassels, Love h ndkerchiefs and hat band crapes, Linen cambricks and cambrick handkerchiefs. Long lawn and kid gloves, 8-4 and 6 4 levantine shawls, Merino shawls and capes, Umbrellas and redicules. Calicoes and ginghams, Plaid silks, Domestic plaid and striped ginghams. Cotton shawls very large, India muslins and kendal cottons* Georgetown, Nov. 25 —2w3w. PUBLIC SALE. By virtue of a decree of the honorable the Chancellor of Maryland, the subscriber will on Monday the 20th December next, if fair, if not the next fair day, upon the premises, offer for sale to the highest bidder, all that TRACT OF LAAD, Lying in Charles county, whereon the late Wm. D. Briscoe resided, and now in Jhe occupation of Mrs. Sally Briscoe —it will he sold upon a credit of twelve months, the purchaser to give bond with security, to be approved of by the Chancellor and upon the payment of the pur chase money and the ratification of the sale by the Chancellor, and not before, a deed will be given for the land. This estate binds on Budd’s creek and Wicomico river, it is well wooded and timbered, produces fine crops of com, wheat and tobacco, and contains about five hundred acres. Sale to commence at 12 o’clock. EDMUND KEY, Trustee. Nov, 20—ts. PLATED WARE FOR SALE, At the Silver Plating Manufactory, No. 29, Forth Gay Street, Baltimore. Plated, sadlery, coach and harness mounting of every description, in sets or separate arti cles, to suit purchasers, on accommodating terms for cash, or the usual credit, to punc tual customers, viz. Plated bridle bitts, spurs, stirrups 8c slider, heads and canties, bridle buckles and slides, saddle moulding, nails, martingale hooks rings, coach and gig harness, carnage mould ing all sizes, bands for wheels, sham and real joints for carriage tops, stump joints, door hinges, door plates, composition and plated nobs, cover pins, harness furniture, bridle bitts, tenitts hooks, pad screws, buckles all sizes, dees, winker, and pad ornaments, swiviis, trace loops, hames, link and ring. A Blacksmith wanted, One that can make bridle bitts, lo zuhom constant employment and high -wages will be given. Apply as above to GEO. THARP, Silver Plater. Dec. 4——d2w MRS. M. SWEENY, A T her oid store, in F street, wishes to in a. X form her friends and the. Ladies in ge neral of this city and Georgetown, that she has leceived from the first stores in Philadel phia, a handsame assortment of ready made MILLINERY of the first style; likewise, a number of articles unmade, such as Laces Sattins, Ribbons, velvets, rich Laventine and Siik Shawls and Handkerchiefs, with a vane ty of Cords and Trimmings, gentlemen’s Worsted Hose, Sdk Pursea, Silver and Gohl Combs, Spangles, Ornaments of var.ous kinds, with a variety of other Goods, such as Thread and Cotton, Lace, Silks and Cottons, Mus lins, and many things that cannot be mention ed in an advertisement. At the same time she wishes to let them know, that the Milli nery, Mantua and Pelisse making is carried on by her in the newest style, and on various patterns entirely new. December 9. HATS, BOOTS SHOES. THE SUBSCRIBER, A FEW doors west of Mr. Davis’s Hotel, Pennsylvania avenue, returns his sincere thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Wash ington for their liberal encouragement, and hopes a continuance of their favor, intending to keep a constant supply of articles in his line that will please the buyer and do justice to himself. He ba# just received from Philadelphia and Baltimore, a handsome supply of HAI'S, BOOTS and SHOES, that are inferior to none in the District. Thos« who are fond of tasty Hats or Shoes are invited to view his assort ment. ISAAC CLARKE. Dec. 9—6 t. BOOTS AND SHOES BENJAMIN MAYFIELD, At his Boot and Shoe Manufactory opposite the Union Bank of Georgetown, has on hand a large assortment of Cossac Boats of a superior quality. ALSO, Gentlemen’s Shoes and Pnmps s as absve. Dec. 7—co 3m. BOARDING; Mrs. KING (widow of the late N Esq.) having completed an additional building to her house m G street, is enabled to offer verJ supenor and comfortable accommodations^ few more Boarders. The healthiness andX. th? m e Sltua,lon i its contiguity to the pu Lie offices, present advantages partfeu- December 2—7 t FRANKLIN HOUSE ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE- WiHiam O’Neale returns his compliments to the Ladiea and Gentlemen of the United States PaSt Vours in S l hi® establish ment the preference, and hopes to merits, continuance of them. He is happy to state to he Public, that he has built an additional house, fifty feet front, and forty feet back, con taining twenty rooms completely furnished a beds and furniture entirely rune. Ladies and Gentlemen can be furnished with rooms by the day, week or month, at the establishment; between the President^ House and George town, city of Washington. Nov. SC— mws3m. BANK OF WASHINGTON- n i n 1, 1813. The President Directors have declared a dividend for the last six months, at the rate of mne per cent. per ann. which is now payable to the Stockholders on demand. SAM. ELLIOT, Jun. Cashier Nov. I—dim UNION BANK OF ALEXANDRIA. The Commissioners for the town of Alexan dria, having received the returns from the different commissioners in the country, find that the whole of the capital stock of said Bank o amounting to one millfen of dollars, has beett subscribed. Notice is hereby given, to the subscribers to said institution, that an election will beheld, at the court-house, in the town of Alexandria, on Monday, the 13 th of December next, for Ihe purpose of electing eighteen Directors, to conduct the affairs of said Bank, agreeably to the articles of association. 1 HE COMMISSIONERS. Nov. 30—d. (L? Ihe printers at Leesburg, Winchester, and the National Intelligence^, are requested to insert the above until the dayof election, and send their accounts to ei her of the printers in the town of Alexandria for payment. TO LET For the term of the ensuing Session of Con gress A THREE STORY DETACHED HOUSF, 0 furnished or unfurnished, suitable for a small family, in a retired situation, with a complete ly enclesed lot, spacious dry cellars, carriage house and three stall stable, pigeon hcuse 3 spring house and milk hotise all brick build ings in complete repair, equi distant from, and within ten minutes walk of the Capitol and. Centre Market. Apply to the subscriber on the premises in D street north, coiner of Third street west. M- YOUNG. Nov. 22—Im. THE SUBSCRIBER Has for Sale, At his store, High street, Georgetown, In addition to a complete assortment of ready inade clothes, cloths, flannels, and other sc.-’* sonable goods, the following articles, viz. 20 boxes ribands assorted, by the box, or piece. 25 gross of bed lace, which will answer in place of tape. 1200 yds. crash or coarse linen. 3000 cotton balls for sewing. Dressing, fine ivory and pocket combs, by the dozen or single, and a few dozen of elegant crooked tortoise shell combs. Wanted to hire, a house servant, who under st: nds washirtg, cooking, Sec. Dec. 2—2aw2w RD. DAVIS. WASHING! O V MONUMENT LOTTERY. The Managers of the Washington Monument Lottery, Second Class, having officially an nounced that the drat• ing will commence oti the first Monday in March next, and be dom pleted on AVednesday the 15th day of June nexts following—we lay before the public THE SCHEME: 1 Prize of §40,000 1 do. of 30,000 I do. of 20,000 2 do. of 10,000 5 do. of 5,000 15 do. of 1,000 20 do. of 5.10 50 do. of 100 100 do. of 50 500 do. of 20 11250 do. of 12 Not two blanks to a prize. Fart of these prizes to be determined and paid as follows, viz First drawn ticket to be entitled to §I,OOO do. drawn 5000 blanks to be. entitled 13 do. drawn ticket on the 20th day 10/ 0O do. do. 5 h day 20,00 a do. do. 35 th day 10,000 do; do* 40th day 30,000 do. do. 50th day 40 00 All prizes to be subject to 15 per cent dis count and payable sixty days after the conclu sion of the drawing, or at any time within 13 months after such completion, if demanded. Present price of Tickets Ten Dollars. But will be considerably advanced previous to the drawing. The great demand for theses tickets justifies us in saying, that this Lottery’ will be carried through u ith greater dispatent than any of the same magnitude in the United States has heretofore been—the brilliancy of the prizes, the purpose to which the funds are to beappilied, ought to be inducements sufficient to open the purse-strings of an united people to assist in raising a Monument, a token es a na tion’s gratitude to the Memory of Him who was First in War, first in Peace and first in the Hearts of his Countrymen.” Tickets for sale by Joseph MJligaD, St Co. Booksellers Gergetown, (Col. Dec. 6— WANTED TO PURCHASE, UNITED STATES’ MILITARY LAND WARRANTS. ^pply to Henry Northorp, of Zanesville, (Ohio) or to Michl Nourrp, Washington city, December 9«^wtesC. NO. 296
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MR. GILES’S LETTERS. TRO.'i tub vinscsii inGUa. TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA. No. 111. The Russian Mediation—The nomina tion of Mr. Gallatin one of the En voys. We —and his rejection. On the 31st of May last the following Message from the President of the U. States was laid before the Senate: To the Senate of the United States. •Commissions having been granted during the recess of the Senate to the following per sons, I now nominate them to the same offices respectively annexed to their names Albert Gallatin, John Quincy Adams, and James A. Bayard, to be jointly and severally envoys ex traordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to negociate and sign a treaty of peace with Great Britain, under the mediation of the emperor of Russia; to negotiate and sign a treaty of com merce with Great Britain; and the said John Quincy Adams, Albert Gallatin and James A. Bayard, to be jointly and severally envoys ex traordinary and ministers plenipotentiary, to negociate and sign a treaty of commerce with Russia. ‘(Signed) JAMES MADISON. 6 Washington, May 29th, 1813.’ On the 3d of June following the Se nate passed the following resolution in relation to the Message Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to inform the Senate wheth er Albert Gallatin, commissioned as one of the envoys to treat of peace commerce with Great Britain, and of commerce with Russia, retains the office of Secretary of the Department of the Treasury; and in case of his so retainifrg the same, to inform the Senate under what authori ty, and by whom, the powers and duties of the head of the Treasury Department are discharg ed during the absence of Albert Gallatin from the United States.* On the 7th of June, the President caused the following reply to be laid before the Senate To the Senate of the United States. In compliance with their resolution of the id inst. the Senate are informed, that the office of the Secretary of the Treasury is not vacated j and that in the absence of Albert Gallatin, com missioned as one of the envoys to treat with Great Britain and Russia, the duties of that of fice are discharged by William Jones, Secreta ry of the Navy, -authorized therefor according to the provisions of the act of Congress, entitled •An act making alterations in the Treasury and War Departments,* patsed May Bth, 1792. ‘JAMES MADISON. Washington, June 3d, 1813.* In this stage of the business it first became my duty to deliberate and to act upon the subject. The President com mences his message of the 29th M.«y by informing the Senate, that during its recess commissions had been granted to Messrs GalLtin, Adams and Bayard, to be envoys extraordinary and minis ters plenipotentiary, Bcc. This measure is presumed to be founded upon the powers granted to the Executive, and contained in the following clause of the 2d section of the 2d article of the Con stitution of the U. S. The President shall have power to Jill up all ■vacancies that may happeti during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions -which shall expire at the end of their next session.’ Whether the President was authoriz ed to grant commissions to Jill offices, de novo, which had not been before filled, under the power to Jill up all vacancies that may hapjien during the recess of the Senate, is a question not without its difficulties and upon which I have not made up a final opinion. My disposition strongly is, to give the words of the Constitution the most liberal construc tion in favor of the right of the Execu tive to exercise the power—but whether it can be done consistently with the real meaning or spirit of the words just quo ted, 1 have the most serious doubts and these doubts are materially encreas ed by adverting to another clause of the Constitution, which evidently intended to grant the general power of appoint ment, to which the clause just men tioned seems rather an exception than an original grant of power. The clause alluded to is in the same article and sec tion, and in the following words He (io wit, the President) shall have power, by and with the advice and con sent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators pre sent concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not otherwise provider 'or, and which shall be estab lished by law. But the Congress may, by -law, vest the appointment of such in ferior officers as they think proper, in :he President alone, in the courts Of law, or in the heads of departments.’ (I'hen follows the clause in question.) But it is not my intention at tins time to enter into the examination of this question. It is doubtless an important one, and ought to be settled by a solemn decision; but my object in presenting this subject to you at this time is mere-. ly to give yo.u a full view of all the trans actions coimec-ted with it; and more par- ticulaily to remind you, tuat whatever commissions may have been granted to Messrs. Gallatin, Adams and Bayard, during the recess of the Senate, must necessarily have expired at the end ol its last session, and of course a new comnu sion after that period was indis pensably necessary to give a ccnstiiu Uonal sanction to Hl or any of then „cts done thereafter 4 and that as G. Britain had not in all probability commissioaee any envoys previous to that period, the commissions to be granted under the approbation of the Senate might be con sidered as the only commissions, under which the envoys could act, the former having expired according to the provi sion of the Constitution; and conse quently withholding a commission from one of the envoys would have less influence upon the proceeding than if they had really been engaged in the full exercise of their diplomatic functions. Another circumstance of very material consideration, in my judg ment, is connected with the constitu tional limitation of the first commissions granted to envoys, &c. It is the time of their leaving the United States. This took placeras will appear by the public prints, not more than twelve or four teen days previous to the meeting of the Senate; when, it appears to me, there could not exist any reasons suffi cient to justify this movement at that particular moment; and of course it must be considered as premature and precipitate.—But many and very cogent reasons existed why it ought to have been longer delayed. The principal reasons arc, that our government at that time had received no assurances that Great Britain would accept the o verture at all, in which case their leav ing the United States at any time would be a work of supererrogation and con siderable cxpence and strong reasons existed, as it is believed, to induce an opinion that she had no intention to accept it. The one was the astonishing successes of her allies on the continent of Europe, preceding and about that time.—Another was, that the minister of foreign affairs, Lord Castlereagh, as I am informed and believe, was official- Jy„apprised of the overture on the part of Russia, as early as the month of Feb ruary preceding, and probably in the early part of the month and the most sullen silence upon the subject had been observed by that cabinet, until af ter the sailing of our envoys had been announced in London. I do not mean to enquire into the objects of this pre cipitation, either as they relate to its effects upon the mediation itself, or upon the peculiar circumstances of one of the gentlemen employed under it, nor whether the dignity and honor of the United States have been consulted thereby, nor what impression it will probably make at home, or abroad; if Great Britain should finally reject the overture altogether. My object merely is, to shew, that the necessity whiehjim peiled this movement, was not very urgent at the time, and that a becoming patience of two or three weeks, would have enabled the President to consult the Senate upon the measure in the usual constitutional way, without risk ing so many novel and hazardous expe riments upon fundamental principles, as necessarily accompanied the proceed ings, which did take place. The first of these consists in the attempt to unite in one pci son,two incompatible offices; the second, to substitute another person to perform the duties of Secretary of the Treasury during his voluntary absence from the United States, for an indefinite time. In my judgment, it requires the most profound attention, duly to appre ciate the importance and tendency of these principles, and from the many superficial observations I have heard made on them, I am satisfied, that they have not received such attention from the public. This consideration furnishes an inducement with me to be particu larly accurate in my examination of both questions. The union of two or more incompatible offices in one per son, is not oniy hostile to the genius and spirit of the constitution, and people of the United States but I do not recol lect a single instance in which it has been sanctioned by the Senate, since I have had the honor of a seatinthat body. Questions have often occurred, whether two offices proposed to be united in one person, were incompatible or not; but the incompatibility once admitted, a re jection would always be the consequence At the time of the nomination of Gener al Dearborn to the office he now holds, he was collector of the port of Boston, and notwithstanding he was one of the popular idois of that day, the Senate came to a solemn pause, and the nomi nation was not confirmed, until some in formal understanding took place be tween the President and the majority of the Senate, as I was then informed amt believe, that an arrangement was made, by which his Son was to be made col lector in his stead, and that he should not in the mean time receive the com pensations attached to both offices; and then, and not until then, was the nomi nation approved. Believing that the President did not possess the power to make such an arrangement, Which es sentially consisted in a power to suspend the operation of laws; and disapproving of the whole proceedings accompanying the nomination, as well as the nomina tion itself, I then incurred the popu lar odium attached to voting against it Whether the object obtained, was worth the hazard of such important principles, the public can better now de termine. The case of the noiwnation of Mr. Jay to be envoy extraormnary to London, is cited, and by republicans too, as a precedent in favor ot the iau proceedings. Tncre are precedents to follow, end precedents to avoid, There never was a stronger one of the latter character, than the nomination of Mr. Jay —Those who press it strongest, as a precedent, disapprovedit most, will not now admit the conviction of a form- er error in the disapprobation where-1 as, many of those who formerly justified I it, are now disposed to admit the con viction of an error, in their former jus tification. What then is this but pre senting an acknowledged error, as a precedent to sanction the adoption of l another error Surely such a prece dent ought to be avoided, not followed. I know of no person in the United States, who disapproved of that proceed ing more, as I then understood,than the President, Mr. Gallatin and myself; and I have lately been called upon to sane tion, and perhaps to transcend, the prin ciple, in the person of the one, upon the nomination of the other of these gentle men. And the refusal to sacrifice the convictions of my own mind for their ac commodation has subjected me to ex treme censure, although these convic tions are not impaired, but strengthened by further reflection. Besides, when the Republicans were endeavoring to oust the Federalists from power, and to sub stitute themselves in their stead, did they then tell the people that, if through their favor, they should become pos sessed of power, they would then quote the very federal errors, for which their authors were denounced before the pco pie by them, to justify their own con duct t Did the Republicans then tell the people, that they would even trail ssend federal precedents? That they would resort to forced constructions of the constitution, and the laws, to effect iavorite objects, through the agency of favorite individuals On the contrary, did they not most manfully pledge tnem selvts to the people, to administer the government in the true, unsophisc .ted spirit of the constitution anu ot the laws That these pledges were given, is most true; now to rosort to the most mani fest indisputable of the federal errors for justification, is to me, most strange. Such a precedent surely can have no charms for republican orthodoxy. It certainly can have none tor me, who have been both an agent and a witness to all these scenes. To me, it is a cir cumstance of heartfelt consolation to know, that in a course of more than 20 years public service, my conduct has invariably borne evidence of the since rity of my professions. That I have never, on any occasion yielded my political principles to the force of circumstances, nor to the deli rium of party spirit, nor to partialiti s for men. This plea of the force of cir cumstances is often visionary, seldom real, and never more visionary than on the present occasion. But the case of Mr. Jay is not precisely analogous to the present one. One great objection to that case was, its tendency to subject the judicial department to an undue in fluence from the Executive. In that respect, it Was worse in my judgment than the present case. But the incom patibility was not so palpable in that as in the present cast-; nor attended with such serious consequences. There were other judges who, in the absence of the chief justice, might p rform all the necessary judicial functions Be sides. the courts are in session oniy a small portion of the year, and the ab sence of he chief justice might not be longer than the interval between the courts. In that case the duties of the two offices might be performed by the same person. I mention these circum stances merely to shew the differences in the two cases notbecav.se I approve of the proceedings in either; for in the case of Mr. Jay, I do think the duties of the two offices so incompatible as to render the appointment extremely objectionable. But the duties of the Secretary of the Treasury and of Envoy Extraordinary to a foreign power, are palpably and absolutely incompatible nor do I believe that any person can be legally and constitutionally appointed to perform the duties of the Secretary of Treasury in his voluntary absence beyond the limits of the U. States. This may be presumed to have been the opi nion of Gen Washington, when he no minated Mr. Jay; because it was be lieved at that time, that Mr. Hamilton, then Sec’y of the Treasury, was prefer red by him as well as the whole federal party, for that mission and that Mr. Hamilton himself was very desirous of the appointment; but upon examining the constitution and the laws, it was determined not to exceed the powers of the Executive, and from that cause the original intention was reluctantly aban doned. I have lately received assuran ces from respectable sources, that such was the case. To ascertain the first point, I beg to introduce the provisions of the law designating some of the duties of the Secretary of the Treasury, from which it will appear, that they must be executed in the city of Washington and no where else, and at all periods ot the year. They are in me following words: That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury tn digest and prepare plans for the improvement and management of the revenue, and for the support of tl-le public credit; to pre pare and report estimates of the public revenue, and tiie public expenditure; to superintend the collection of the revenue, to decide on the forms of keeping- and stating accounts and making returns, and to grant under the limitations herein established, or to be hereafter provided, nil war rants far monies to be issued from the Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by law; to execute such services relative to L he sale of the lands belonging to. the.dL -dtates,.as may be by iaw required of him io make report and give infor mation to either branch of the Legislature, in person or in wrdng (as he may be require'!) respecting all matters inferred to him by the Senate or Ilenie of Representatives, or winch shall appertain to his office, and generally to perform ail such services relative to the finan ces as he shall be directed to perform.” After an attentive perusal of the pro visions of this law, no other-effort of the mind is necessary to determine the pal pable and absolute incompatibility be tween the duties of the Secretary of the Treasury, and those of an Envoy Ex traordinary to a foreign power, than to understand the distinction between here and there, between Washington and St. Petersburg. Because, however exten sive may be the moral endowments of the Secretary’s mind, he must be want ing in personal ability. His person cannot be present at Washington and St. Petersburg at the same time and the duties of the two offices do require to be performed at the two places at the same time and of course are essen tially incompatible with each other. The first duty pointed out by the pro v sions of the law for the Sec’y to per form is, to digest and prepare plans for the improvement and management of the revenue. This is unquestionably an important duty. How has it been performed The meeting of Congress, which did take place only a few days after the de parture of our envoys, was known to be intended expressly for the improvement of the revenue what was its disap pointmcnt, when, upon its meeting, it was informed, that the Secretary of the Treasury, whose first duty it was, un der the law establishing the treasury department, to prepare the plan for the imfi. ovement op the revenue, had a few days before its meeting, without even the plea of urgent necessity, voluntari ly absented himself from the U. States; and thus unexpectedly deprived Con gress of the aid of his splendid financial talents and that too, on the very first occasion which had occurred iu the go vernment, to render their full prompt exertions, indispensably necessary However correct may have been his motives, it is in vain to urge in justifi cation of this conduct, that the Secre tary left behind him a prepared plan for the improvement of the revenue.-— It is well known that this plan was pre sented to Congress under very ques tionable circumstances, and besides, the misrepresentation of a plan of reve nue at a preceding Congress, was not a performance of all the duties requir ed of the Secretary under the law, to the Congress upon which had fallen the unpleasant and difficult task of lay ing the taxes for the improvement of the revenue—for by pursuing the fur ther provisions of the law, it will be found, that it is also to be made the duty of the Secretary to give informa tion to either branch of the Legislature in person or in writing, (as he may be required) respecting all matters refer red io him, Ike. Now it is well known that the plan for the improvement of the revenue left behind him,was incom plete and imperfect. It required much explanation. It was his indispensable duty under ths law to be present,to give it either in person, or in writing, as might have been, and would have been required of him probably by both bran ches of the Legislature, if he had not put it out of their power, by voluntarily absenting himself from the U. States. But these provisions require of the Secretary the performance of another duty of no trivial importance. It is to grant, t^c all warrants for monies to be is^suedfrom the Treasury in pursuance of appropriations by law.' The appro priations at this time, certainly exceed thirty millions of dollars. Is this a du ty to be also performed by a person, not known to the constitution, if recog nised by law Was this a charge to be voluntarily parted with by the Secreta ry of the Treasury and for him still to hold the office of the head of that de partment Your laws are almost every where interspersed with important du ties to be performed by the Secretary of the Treasury but one requiring pe culiar attention at this time, is contain ed in the section of an act of Congress passed the 3d of March, 1797, in the following words That whenever any person or persons who shall have incurred any fine, penalty, forfeiture or disability, or shall have been interested in any vessel, goods, wares, or merchandize, which shall have been subject to any seizure, forfei ture, or disability by force of any present or future law of the United States, for the laying, levying or collecting any duties or taxes, or by force of any present or future act concerning the envolving and. licensing ships or vessels employed in the coasting trade or fisheries and for reguiating the same, shall prefer his petition to the judge of the district, in which such fine, penalty, forfeiture, or disability shall have occurred, truly and particularly setting forth the circumstances of his case, and pray that the same may be mitigated or remitted, the said judge shall enquire, in a summary manner, into the circumstances us the case, first causing reasonable notice to be given to the person or persons claiming such fine, pe nalty or forfeiture, and to the Attorney of the United States, fqr such district, that each may have an opportunity of shewing cause against the mitigation or remission thereof; and shad cause the facts which shall appear upon sych enquiry to be stated and annexed to the pe tition, and direct their transmission to the secre tary of the Treasury of the United States, who shall thereupon, have power to mitigate er remit such Jine, forfeiture, or penalty, or remove such disab tity, or any part thereof, if, in his opinion, the. ame shad have been incurred without -wilful negligence, or uny intention of fraud m the per son or persons, incurring the same,- and :o di rect the prosecution, if any shad have been in stituted for the recovery the. eof, to cease and be discontinued, upon such terms or conditions as he may deem reasonable or just." This clause poolers upon the Secre- tary of the Treasury judicial powers ol the highest, and most delicate chr.rac ter; and makes, him literally Chancel lor of the Exchequer. It was scarcely possible to appreciate the importance and delicacy.of this .judicial power. Ji is a chancerisiag power almost without limit or rule, depending almost exclu sively upon the mere discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury to be decided upon in his private chamber, without jury, without auditors, or spec tators, &c. See. Ought there not to Le unusual confidence reposed in the per sonal integrity and talents ot the judge intrusted with the execution of such important, delicate, discretionary pow ers Some ideas of the importance of this power may be formed from the recollection, that not long since, nine teen millions of dollars at one time from particular circumstances, were subjected to this, discretionary power, to be settled between the Secretary and the claiming merchants at his chamber. Under circumstances, so delicate, and for an amount so enormous, the Secre tary was then very willing to incur the responsibility of making the adjustment. But on that occasion, the power was re sumed by Congress,not without serious imputations being thrown against the proceeding, as trenching upon the Se^ cretary’s prerogatives. fTobe continued J Smuggling. —This pernicious prac tice is becoming every day more fre quent, especially on'the sea-board of Kennebec district. A certain species of it is openly carried on. We have known several vessels direct from enei my’s ports, with English manufactures, enter the port of Bath, in defiance of law, and instead of rigorous treatment, the owners have in seme instances had their goods appraized at not a third of their value, bonded for this small a mount and delivered up. These bonds, when paid, scarce amount to thd exist ing duties. In this manner, desperate adventurers have unjustly been enabled to accumulate fortunes, while the ho nest and regular citizen is labouring under the privations incident to the state of cur commercial concerns. It is farther remarked, that certain ports, are selected for vessels of this descrip tion to arrive at, denoting, that from a particular construction of the law, or some other cause, facilities are there to be obtained which in other ports are denied. Against these practices the public voice is decided and vehement 5 and it cannot be concealed, that in it's execrations, the officers of government both Executive and Judicial, receive a, share of censure and opprobium, which for the honor of those concerned, and our country, we sincerely hope is un* jiistly placed.”— Hallowell AdvoCnte. Georgetown, [Aen Dec. 1. On Sunday the 28th November, the Capitol in Frankfort was consumed by fire, which made its appearance in the upper part of the house about 9 o’clock. A. M. when the raging thereof was so violent as to baffle all hopes of extin guishing the flames We are not in possession of the particulars, but are happy to learn that the greater part of the most important papers were saved by the industry (and at the great risk) of the citizens. NOTICE. WAS committed to the Jaol of Frederick county, Maryland, on the 18th day of Novem ber last, two Negro Men as Runaways,, via. one wbo calls himself JOHN PRIDE, he is about 30 years of age, slender made, five feet nine and an half inches high, his cloathing when committed were a black cloth frock coat, white marseilles vest, coarse linen shirt, 2 pair hnen pantaloons, and an oid wool hat he is a very light mulatto, grey eyes, and the middle finger on the right hand has been injur ed, he says it proceeded from a cut. And the other, who calls himself JACK GARDINER, is supposed to be about 26 years of age, he is a very likely negro, well made and very black, he is five feet six inches high, h s clothing when committed were a grey mixed cloth coat, white vest, coarse linen shirt, and yellow nankeen pantaloons. They say they belong to Mr.. Thos. Turner of Prince William county in the commonwealth of Virginia the owner is here by requested to come and release them, other wise they will be sold for their imprisonment fees as the law directs. MORIS JONES, Sheriff Frederick county, Md. Dec. 4—7 —lwSw. WILLIAM CLARKE, MERCHANT TAILOR, BRIDGE STREET, HAS just received (from the late sale at Newbern, North-Carolina) in addition to his stock on hand, a handsome assortment of superfine CLOTHS and CASSIMERES, of the following fashionable colors; Best superfine blue Cloth Do. do. black do. 80. do. green do. Do. do. mix’d do. Do. Gassimeres, assorted Do. do. buff Do. blue Patent Elastic Cord Do. mix’d do. do. do. Do. drab do. do. do. Stockinets of various colors Vestings of the latest importation. Georgetown, Dec. 7 —w6t BOARDING. Airs. Alyers, formerly a Boarding. House Keefer in this place. Begs leave to inform her friends particularly and the public in general, that she has returned to Washington and las taken a commodious house on Capitol Hill, near Messrs. Claxton’s and J. Coyle’s, where she hopes to share pub lic patronage—From her long experience in hat capacity she flatters herself, that she v7l have it in her power to please. Dec. 4—St
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as.j'Xl feVx Z^bS^; WASHINGTON CITY. decbmbbh 13. The House of Representatives sat with closed doors on Saturday from eleven o’clock in the morning until nine «t night. In the Senate no business of public interest was transacted. The Legislature of Pennsylvania con vened at Harrisburg, on Tuesday last P. C, Lane, Esq. was re-elected Speak er of the Senate, and R. Smith, Esq. elected Speaker of the House of Rep resentatives. Richard T. Leech, Esq. has been appointed by the Governor, Surveyor General of the State of Pennsylvania, vice Gen. Andrew Porter, deceased. Burlington, Dec. 3. Major General Lewis, Brig. Generals Boyd, Porter, and Parker have passed through town, during the course of the past and present week to visit their fa milies. Major General Wilkinson is re moved to Madrid and is in a good way to regain his health. Brig. General Izard is confined to his room in Platts burgh, by sickness. He is considered to be dangerously ill. A letter to the Editor of the Weekly Register, from Chillicothe, dated Nov. 30, says—“ Colonel Evans, with 3 or 4 other British officers, and about 80 pri vates, taken by Harrison, have arrived here from Detroit. They will proceed in a day or two for Newport, Ky. where the officers are to be placed in close con- Jinement, by order of the President of the United States. In pursuance of like orders, the marshal of the district of Ohio last week took charge of the pri soners captured by Perry, and put them into close confinement, in the common jail; which is surrounded by a strong guard. The British officers do not rel ish this measure, but are candid enough to acknowledge its justice, and are not sparing of imprecations on their own government as the cause.” The letter mentions that certain do cuments are said to have been found among Proctor's papers, of high import —being the correspondence between an officer of the U. States and Gen. Brock; of which, as a trial is about to takt place, it would be improper to speak more particularly at present. Extract of a Letter f rom Neto London, dated Dec. 6 Decatur’s squadron is down the river, and lays near the forts. The British ships are near the light house, and it is incurring a great risque tor coasters to go out or come into our har bor.” Annafiolis, December 11. .Alleghany Question has not yet been decided,in the house of delegates, but if we may judge from the commence ment, we can form a tolerably correct opinion how the thing will terminate. On Monday last the tour federal dele gates from that county were admitted as members of the house, in despite of all the arguments made use of by the democratic party. The republican de legates petitioned to be heard by coun sel at the bar of the house this drew a counter petition from the federalists praying also to be heard by counsel.— Both petitions were referred to the committee of elections, who have re reported that the election in the fourth election district was illegally held, therefore the sitting members are in their opinion entitled to their seats. This report is made the order of the day for this day. All kind of argument on this subject is of no avail with the ruling party; we shall therefore say nothing at present on the subject. The federalists have it in their power to do as they please in the house of delegates; we have there fore no doubt but the report will be confirmed. We can only acid, that if this should unfortunately be the case, a redeeming spirit will be found to exist in the senate of Maryland worthy of that independent and enlightened body.— We assert with confidence that the rights of the people will not be surren dered by them, let the consequence be what they may. The right of suffrage is not thus to be wrested from the peo pie without a str-ugg-fe for its preserva tion. We again admonish them to pre pare for probable consequences. Louisville, (Ken.) Nov. 23. The valuable Bugging Factory of Mr. James S. Bate, about six miles from this town, has been destroyed by fire. The loss of buildings, &c. esti mated from twenty to this ty thousand dollars. It is supposed the lyork of some incendiary. Sew York, Dec. 9. BLOCKADE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND. H. M. S. Valiant, off New London’; Dec. 2, 1813. Sir—Having received orders from Adm. Si^John Borlaise Warren, Com, mander in Chief of His Britannic Ma-, jesty’s Naval Forces in North America, to declare Long Island Sound in a state of rigorous blockade, and to enforce the same I beg leave to inform you of this measure, and that after the 6th of Dec. no vessels whatever will be permitted to sail from any port in Long Island Sound. I beg you will be pleased to communicate this intelligence to the other neutral Consuls in your dis trict. 1 have the honor to be, sir, Your most obedient servant, ROBERT DUDLEY OLIVER, Captain and Senior Officer in Long Pel land Sound. To Don Thomas Stoughton, Spanish Consul at New York. Prom the National Advocate. Wc have said that the result of the late expedition against Montreal would not so much surprize and disappoint those who have studied ths history of the campaigns of which Lower Canada has been the theatre, as it might others not so well informed, or Jess conside rate. We have, at the same time, stat ed, that it was not our intention, in the least degree, to diminish the just iweight of responsibility which the com inanders of our forces had incurred in tonsequence of the failure of an expe dition, well planned, well provided, k which would probably have succeed ed, had it been well conducted. The public have now before them both the British and American official accounts of the actions which took place during the passage of General Wilkinson's arrqy down the St. Law rence. Even those who are accustomed to the gasconade and falsehoods of the British official accounts which have been issued under the signature of Ed ward Baynes, since the present war, Will be astonished on reading the gene ral orders issued at La Chine on the 13th and 15 th November. Every dimu nitive afforded by the language common to the two nations is employed to be little the British force engaged at Williamsburg, whilst every exaggerat ing epithet is applied to the corps un der the command of Brigadier General Boyd, who is converted into a Major General to give the more eclat to the exploit of Colonel Morrison. And, after all, what was this exploit Did he prevent the passage of our infantry down the river, and the cavalry and ar tillery on the Canadian shore No! Did he recover the ground he originally occupied No but with a real loss on his side of 300 he occasioned us a loss of something more than that amount. Seventeen hundred undisciplined Ame rican troops, commanded by inexperi enced officers, sustained for two hours and a half, without the least disorder, or yielding an inch of ground, the fire of 1500 British regulars and 500 militia and savages. Whether our troops, if they had been reinforced, might not have turned the enemy’s position, and thus converted his partial defeat into a total route, we will not enquire*—be cause it is sufficient for our purpose to show, that the honor of the American arms was net taruished by this action and it cannot be said, that the ultimate failure ot the expedition was owing to any advantage obtained by the enemy on the occasion. Nor can this failure be attributed to any other cause than the natural strength of the invaded country,” the unhappy private feud, which it is now evident subsisted between the com manders of our forees, and disabled them from effectually co-operating with each other. For those cavillers, with whom success is the only test of merit, and who have found fault with the ph a of the expedition because it was equip ped upon the witters of Lake Ontario and not upon those of Champlain, only betray their own ignorance of the first principles of the military art; since it is evident that the object of attack would not have been masked, nor the attention of the enemy in the least de gree divided, had the Scheme of these critics been adopted. If, then, the ex ecutive has confided the execution of its plan to officers, who have abused the trust reposed in them, the remedy is obvious, and we have no doubt will be impartially and speedily applied. The people will see that their government has no other object in view, than the attainment of honorable and permanent peace by a vigorous prosecution of the war. To tins object the interest*and aggrandisement of individuals must give way. Canada must be conquered, or we stand disgraced in the eyes of the world. It is “a rod held over our heads’* —a fortress which haughtily frowns up on our country, and from which arc dis seminated throughout the land the seeds of disaffection, sedition, and treason The fortune of the war is staked upon its acquisition. The national safety, and honor, and glory are lost, if we do not win this splendid prize. Let, then, every nerve be strained and every facul ty exerted for its attainment. [To be continucd.~\ American. WAR IN CANADA. (cONTISUED FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. BRITISH ACCOUNTS. LONDON, OCT. 13. L^rge detachments of troops erebarked at Portsmouth yesterday for the peninsula. Berlin Gazette —f Extra paper.) We have just received the following from head quarters at Toplitz,dated Sept 20- The Imperial Major-General Baron Schlu ter has executed the order given him to march on Freiburg, with the precision and courage for which he is so well known; He posted himself on the evening of the 17th inst in am bush at Bertzdorf, near Freiburg, .and by that means appeared unexpectedly before the.-gatos early on the morning of the. 18th. The enemy had shut up the town, and all the gates were manned with infantry. General Schluter caus ed several divisions to advance by circuitous roads against the Musner and Dono gates, whilst be himself led the main column against the Ebersdorf gate. The enemy defended him self with great obstinacy, but at length the E bersdorf gate was broke open and some;.divi sions oi cavalry immediately galloped into the town, and after a short resistance, made the garrison prisoners. Gen. Bruno, 20 staff and superior officers, 400 mounted hussars, and 228 infantry', fel| in to our hands. Our total loss consists in one yager killed, and three wounded The Stralsund papers of the 25th and 26th of September, contain two bulletins from the Crown Prince, dated Head-quarters, at Zerbst,” [Upper Saxony] September2oth and 22d. The former mentions, that in ithk night between the 16th and 17th two companies of the regiment Joseph Napoleon consisting of 164 men, with a chief of battalion two officers, deserted to the advanced posts of the Crown Prince near Bredinitz. Gem Thiehnan has made a general, 47 officers, and' 1200 men, pri soners at Weissenfels. The want of forage at Dresden is so great, that fbr some time 200 horses have daily died there. Gen. Blucher has his head-quarter^ at Baut zen; by his right wing Jie. Continues,'&is opera tions with those of the, united army of the north of Germany and by his left wing, be is con nected witji the Bohemian army. OCT. 14. By mails from Gottenburgh, we have re-, ceived advices to the 6th inst. A Russian and Swedish Messenger came passengers in the packet, charged with dispatches for their re spective ministers; and also Capt. Bloomfield, charged with dispatches from Sir G. Stuart, the substance of which was communicated in the following bulletin from the foreign-office— Dispatches have been received from Sir C. Stuart, dated Prague, the 17th aud 19th of Sep tember. The military'details given in them refer to strong reconnaissances on the part of the allies and the enemy, in which several acts of gallantry were conspicuous but no event of importance occurred till the 16 h, when the 2d, 4th and 14th corps, under Bonaparte, with his guards; forming altogether a corps of 30,000 infantry, and eight thousand cavalry, attacked th e allies near Peterswalde, and drove them by superior numbers, through Nollendorf. The commander of the Prussian cavalry was made prisoner. The allied troops having retired to thegorge of the mountains, on the next day,when near Culm their right, left and centre, under Wittgenstein, Colloredo, and Pahlen, were successively at tacked, but they succeeded in repulsing the enemy at all points. The movement of count Colloredo is spoken of in tej-ms of the highest praise. “The enemy lost between two.and 3000 prisoners, and a general of division Kreutzer, with many officers, and ten guiis. The loss of the allies is estimated at 1000 killed and wounded.” The affair referred to above, is the same which was noticed by Bonan'arte, in a report of the 19 th ult. in which the allies were re presented as having been driven, I'epee dans les reins, into the plains of Toplitz. Bonaparte’s official note to the Empress concluded by stat ing, that he had returned on that day to Pirna. The reasons of his return—his having been re pulsed, at all points—having lost a general of division, and many officers, between 2 and 3000 men, and 10 guns, we suppose, were of too little importance to be noticed. FROM FRANCE. In the letter of marque schr. Brutus, arrived at Portsmouth on Monday last in 34 days from Nantz, came passenger Mr. Sylvanus Baldwin, of Vermont. Mr. B. authorises and requests us to rectify the erroneous reports attributed to him by the Daily Advertiser, Palladi um and Centinel. Mr. B. left the river not the city of Nantz, on the 26th Oct. A Paris paper of the 17th was the latest French date he saw, except a kind of ship news journal of the 18th.. He-said nothing about the press being under complete control,’ or about any general opinion of Bonaparte having suffered severely, and being compelled to re treat-’ He knew nothing of any such opinion or report. On the contrary, it was currently reported believed, that Bonaparte had gained some important advantages over Bernadotte. [This con firm% the New Bedford account of the defeat of Bernadotte, and the capture of 18,000 Swedes.J In France, as much freedom of speech was enjoyed as in this country and in conversation, public measures were as freely discussed. But the press, in that country, it is well known, is a licensed establishment. With regard to the operations of the Prince Viceroy, [Beauharnois^ in the North of Italy and the Illyrian Provin ces, as they have heretofore been in volved in much obscurity, we haye been very particular. The theatre of his operations, though apparently indepen dent of the movements of the Grand Army, must necessarily have great con nection with, and influence upon, the hnal progress of the whole, ^t is con jectured that this department of the" great European campaign has been much neglected by American editors in general, who receive foreign ga zettes. The connection is thus inter rupted, and the reader confused. FOR SALE, A Pair of elegant Sorrel Horses. They ste 16 hands high, 6 years old, well broke to har ness', and a good match, inquire at the bar of Davis’s hotel. Dec. IQ—3t, THE FRIGATE PRESIDENT AT SEA. The sloop Aurora, Capt. Davis, ar rived at New York on Wednesday last, from Newport,’ R. I. and gave informa tion of the sailing of the U. S. frigate President, Com. Rodgers; >from that port on Saturday night, with a good breeze. frpm N. N. The Commo, dore laid an Embargo on all the vessels in Newport, three days previous to hi? putting to sea. NAVAL ANECDOTES- VICTORY ON LAKE ERIE. IVilkesbarre^ Penn. Nov. 26. Captain Thomas, and the greater part of his company, weare happy to announce, have arrived in safety to their families and friends. Duringtheir absence they have generally been heal thy and their duties have been per formed in a mapner creditable to them’ stives, and satisfactory to tjieir coun try. I have learned two anecdotes of two of captain Thomas’s company, which deserve particularly .to be maintained. B Hall, was on board the In the heat of the battle, the last remain ing sponge of their long and principal gun happened id fail into the lake.— The gun would, have been rendered useless. Hall plunged into the waves and caught it—his comrades seized the end of the sponge Sc drew him on board, and they poured away again into the enemy. James Bird, son of Mr. J. Bird, of Exeter, was on hoard the Lawrence with the gallant Perry, on the glorious tenth of b. ptemher. The battle raged —many a poor fellow fell around him— Bird did his duty like a hero. Towards the close of the engagement, a canis ter shot struck him on the shoulder as he was stooping to his gun. He was instantly covered with blood, and his officer ordered him below. Ijle ven tured to disobey, preferring to do duty while he had life, to abandoning his post. But the blood flowed so fast that another order was issued to go below. He ran down, got a hasty bandage on the wound, came again on deck, and although his left arm was useless—yet he handed cartridges and performed the utmost service in his power with his right, until the stars and stripes waved- gloriously victorious over the foe. The following letter from his Honor the Mayor to Com. Perry, communicat ing the Resolution of the Common Council on the subject of the victory of Lake Erie,and the Commodore’s reply, were read, and Resolved, that the same be entered at lengthen the Minutes of the Common Council, and published in the Gazettes of the city. By order of the Common Council. J. MORION. New- York, October Wth, 1813. SIR—It is with peculiar pleasure that I transmit to you the enclosed Re solutions of the Common Council of this city, expressive of their high sense of the glorious triumph of the Ameri can squadron under your command— An event without parallel in the annals of our country, which gives you distin guished rank among the celebrated men that reflect lustre upon the Ame rican name, and which has dispensed the blessings of security and tranquili ty to a most important and extensive portion of the United States. I have the honor to be, with great respect, your ob’t. humble serv’t DE WITT CLINTON. Commodore Perry, Newport. Newport, November 29th, 1813. SIR —The distinguished honor con ferred on me by the Common Council of the city of New-York, in their appro bation of my conduct on the 10th of September, calls forth the warmest sentiments of gratitude to perform, to the best of my ability, the duty I owe my country, shall ever be my highest ambition. The request to sit for my portrait, R to be placed in the Gallery of Portraits of the Common Council,” is too high an honor not to be readily complied with- I beg, sir, that you will accept my thanks for the very flattering manner in which you have communicated to me the Resolutions of the Common Coun cil of the City of New-York. Very respectfully, I have the honor to be your ooed’t. serv’t. O. 11. PERRY. The pion. De Witt Clinton. BALTIMORE HOSPITAL LOTTERY. No. 9525 first drawn Ticket, premium prize of ^IO,COo 9570 prize of 500 1543 200 7895 19179 1.00 27012 50 "5 20 ■'7 15 37 12 Tickets in a variety of numbers (warranted undrawn) at 14'doliara each. 26th days drawing of the Baltimore Hospi tai Lottery, will take place on Wednesday next. 17th day’s drawing of the Trinity Church Lottery takes place on Tuesday next. Tickets in a great variety of numbers, war ranted undrawn, in the Trinity Church Lotte ry, at nine dollars each. Washington Monument Lottery Tickets at 10 dollars; Apply to JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Co. Beokssllers, Gworgwtown, Col. Dec. 13, Bost. Chron. IN COMMON COUNCIL, New York, Dec. 3, 1813 25th days drawing of the Just received and/or sale bg JACOB LEONARD, An elegant selection, of Topaz and plain Pear Necklaces, Head Ornaments, Bracelets, Ear* Rings, an’d Breast Pins, in complete sets Watch Chai-ns.of the newest fashions; Watch-i es, patent lever, repeating, capt, jewelled, and plain, in gold arid silver cases plate and plat ed Goods, ice. Ac. Georgetown, Dec. 13—eo NEW BOOK STATIONERY STORE. RICHARDS A MALLORY. Are now opening, opposite the Coffee House, Bridge Street, a general collection of Books in the various branches of Literature, which they will sell wholesale arid retail, on as liberal terms as can be had in this country. Among their collection are Bibles of various sizes and qualities, from 1 to 35 dollars. Geographies, large and small, several kin d s Dictionaries do. do. Murray’s and Webster’s School Books Testaments and Prayer Books A choice collection of Greek and Latlti Classics Law, Medical and Theological Books. (O’To public libraries, country merchants, professional gendejnen and others, who pur chase by the quantity, a liberal discount wdt be made. R y M*. have now in the press, and will shortly publish, a beautiful miniature edition of Mr. A. Pope’s Tia. station of the Udygs y, 2vols. with four elegant engravings—Thomp son’s Seamus, one vohiine, miniature, to be executed in the 4me style of elegance. The complete Works of Miss Hannah More, in 8 vols. 12 mo. oubsctiplloiii received for thia worl>. They will also publish in a few days, two new novels, by Mad. Genlis, 1 vol. 12mo. price one dollar, called Samclair, a Victirti to the Arts and Sciences,” and Hortense, a victim to Romance and Novel Reading,” trans lated by Archibald Harralson, esq. of Phila delphia Decern 13 6t. TEN DOLLARS REWARD. Deserted from the subscribe’s rendezv, ub at ClaiksburgJ Montgomery county, 14au^- land, on the 4th da, or December, an enlist-’ ed. soldier who calls himself JAMES H? HANKINS. He is five feet ten' inches high, of fair completion, giey eyes, light hair, ij ged. 37, and says Leis by profession a cabi net maker he has on his left wrist a small in cisted tumor, which he ascribes to a musket ball—he h:s also a scar on the calf of one of his legs, which he attributes to the sama cause—on the bottom of one of his feet there is a wart, rather larger than a common size pea. He has lost one of lus front teeth .from the lower jaw, is a man of bad countenance has a down look when spoken to—had on and took with him, one pair of blue cloth panta- loons, two pair ot white drill do. two air of short stockings, three cotton shirts, with t cambric ruffles, allot' which is United States uniform—aiso, a black frock coat, a black silk vest, and a small pair of pocket pistols, with a Morocco belt, all of the latter belong hig to the subscriber. It is understood that he has a forged discharge by which he may expect to elude detection. The above reward will be paid on deliver ing said deserter to the subscriber, or to any officer in the United Slates* service. ROBERT BRALL, Lieut. 14th Reg. U.S. Inf (CT The Editors of the Knoxville Gazette, Lexington Reporter, and Paris Lum nary, Ken tucky, are requested to insert the active three times and forward their accounts. December 13—4 t A BALL. Mr. GENERES has the honor of informing the Radies and Gentlemen of Washington Citj, that his TlflßD BALL will be on Monday next, 13th inst. at Mr. Crawford’s Assembly Room. Dec. 11—2 t. WANTED A sober steady man to drive a Hack Carriage Any person who can bring good recommenda tions, may hear of constant employ and good wages, by applying to JOHN BRIDGES. Georgetown, Dec. 11—3 t, MRS. MINCHIN Has for sale, on Capitol Hill near the Bank of Washington, Ladies and Gentlemen’s dress, and undress Shoes, and also Children’s Shoes, and will be thankfuljo her Friends for their cu itom. Dec. 10—3 t. TO LET, A Large Room, with a Cellar under it, si tuated on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Washington Hotel —The Room would answer for an office, dry-good store, grocery or book and stationary, there being no store of the last mentioned, in ths neighborhood For terms apply to Dec. 10—d1 w. CHOICE old wine. 2 Pipes London Particular Madeira Wine, imported in 1806, and warranted as pure as when imported, for Sate by Who ha? <?n hand a general assortment of Teas, Wines, L quors and Groceries, which will be sold low for Cash, or approved paper at 60 days. Alexandria, Dec. 10—dl2t. RUNAWAY FOR SALE. WILL be sold on Friday the 24th instant, for her Jail fees and other expences, at the Jail in Washington County, District of Co lumbia, a YELLOW WOMaN who calls her sei Patsey Simpson she is 5 feet one inch high, and says she is free, and about 32 years of age. Sale to commence at 10 o’clock terms of Sale CASH. C. TIPPETT, for W. Boyd, Marshal. Dec 11—6 t ADVERT! SEMENT HAVING engaged with Mr. George Murren for one half my line of stages from Dumfries to Alexandria, the business in future will be conducted by him, who will reside at Weed Lawn for that purpose all those having any business to transact with the line of stages, will please to apply to him, who is fully au thorised to settle the same. JOHN TAYLOE Dec. IX—3t. JOHN MACLEOD. C. GRIFFITH.
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•BANK OF THE METROPOLIS. The following are the Articles of Association reported by a committee appointed for the purpose, and unani mously agreed to at a Public Meeting held at Davis’s Hotel on Thursday Evening the 25th Nov. instant. BANK OF THE METROPOLIS. To all to whom these fire sen is. shall come, or in any wise concern. BE IT KNOWN, and it is hereby proclaim ed, that w c the subscribers, associating to ■gether, have formed a company or limited part nership, and do mutually agree with eacli other, and hereby bind ourselves, to conduct the business of ’he company, under the name and style of the President und Directors of the Bank of the Metropolis,” and conformably to the rules and regulations hereinafter speci fied. And we do covenant and agree with each other, and declare diat we and ail persons who at any time hereafter may transact busi ness with aid company, shall be bound and concluded by these our fundamental articles of association. ARTICLE I. The copartnership shall be and continue for the term of twenty -one years, from and alter the opening of die subscription, unless a char ter is sooner obtained; but the proprietors of two thirds of the cap.tai stock of the company may, by their concurring votes at a general meeting to be called for tnat express purpose, dissolve the same at any prior period: Provided, that notice of such meeting k its object shall be published in one or more of the Washington newspapers, once a week, lor six months pre vious thereto and it the president and direc •ors at their firA meeting after the election in the last year of the aforesaid term, two thirds of that body concurring, shall be of opinion, that it will be proper and expedient to con tinue the copartnership for a further limited term not exceeding twenty-one yea's, they shall have power to decide on the same, and shall immediately make known their decision by publication in one or more Washington news papers, and the president and directors are hereby authorized at any time to apply for vnd accept such charter as may be agreed upon with the concurrence of nine member of that body. ARTICLE 11. Fhe capital stock of the company shall con sist of one million of dollars, money of the United Slates, to be divided into shares of for tv dollars each, and to be paid in the manner following, that is t say one dollar on each share to be paid at the time of subscribing on. dollar in forty-live d ys; two dollars in nineu da.s; two dollars in one handled and eight) days; two dollars in two hundred and reveny days; two dollars in three hundred and sixty five days; three dollars in two years three dollars in three years four dollars in four years; four dollars in five years; four (foil is in six years four dollars in seven years four dollars in eight years, and four dollars in nine years after the time of opening the subscrip tion. And it shad be optional with any stock holder at any lune to tiiuphis share or shares, by the payment of the residue of the money due thereon, and shill thereupon be entitled to r ceive dividends in future, in proportion to the Vvhole amount paid upon such share or shares Provided, that the dividend or dividends on such sums so paid, shall not commence until the first day of the mouth next ensuing such payments. And a failure to m ke punctually any of the said first mentioned six instalments on anv share, shall incur a forfeiture of such share to the use of the company, of all that chad have been previously paid thereon; and such share shall be sold by the president and directors for the benefit of the company, but thers shall be no forfeiture after the payment of ten dollars on each share, but such delinquent shall not be entitled to any dividend on his stock till all previous instalments are paid up, mid die said president and directors ma) at .my time, after payment of the first six mentioned instalments, amounting to ten dollars on each share, restrict or reject the said optional pay ments, so suspend the payment of all or any of the eight subsequent instalments as m their judgment may be expedient; subject however, to a contrary determination by the subscribers, if such determination should be made at any meeting provided for by these articles of asso ciation. ARTICLE 111. Th3e copartnership shall transact its business in the city of Washington, between 2d street west 15th street west north of the l iber, and shall commends its operations as soon as- Vr the payment of the third instalment as circumstances will permit. AR II CIE IV. The subscription shall be opened at Davis’s hotel, in the city of Washington, oh the first Monday of January next, under the direction of the following thirteen commissioners, or a majo rity of them, viz. John PAhm Ness; Thos. Mun. roe, Walter Jones, jr. Andrew Way, jr. James H. Blake, Samuel N.' Smallwood, Thomas II Gil r^s Moses Young, James Davidson, William Brent, John Graham, Joseph Gaks, jr. Wil liam Prout. And the commissioners aforesaid ‘shall open the subscription books at ten o’clock a. m. and they shall continue open until four m. and shall remain open between those hours tor one day at least, and fur the term of three days unless sooner filled and if it should hap men that more than the stipulated number of shares should be subscribed on the first day, then the 'ommisskmers aforesaid are to ap ^orfion ihem among the subscribers, by deduct ing from the highest subscriptions, until they b re reduced to the proper number, or if more persons subscribe than there are shares the commissioners are to cast lo.s to decide to whom they shall belong. But no person or persons, bodies corporate or otherwise, shall be permitted to subscribe on the first day of opening the books, lor more than one thousand two hundred and fifty shares; and if the stock be not all taken the first day, the books shall remain open cn the second day, on the same verms as on the first; but if the subscription be n.it fitted on the second day, then the commis ^.oners may permit any person or persons, ies corporate or otnei v. ise, to subscribe lot aux numb r of shares until the whole number is complete. Th commissioners, after having decided to whom the shares may belong, will hsue receipts to trie different stockholders, for the monies received of them at the time oi subscribing! which receipts with the original subscription shall be deem, d good evidence of the quantity nf stock to which each subscriber shall be en titled in this company. ARTICLE V. The affairs of toe company shall be conduct ed bj thirteen directors, of whom nine at least shall be residents in the city of Washington,the president to be chosen from among their num ber. Four directorsand tbepresident shall be eompe>ent to the renewal of paper previously discounted, and in all ether cases a majority of directors shad be required. In case of the sickness hr necessary absence of the president, tu» place uiay bg supplied by any director 3 whom lie, by writrngjuuder bis hand, may no-' initiate for that purpose, or in case of Lis not making such nomination, the board may ap oiut a president to act during his absence nd the directors who may be appointed at the. first election, shall hold their seats until the first Monday in April, one thousand eight hun dred and fifteen And the directors from and after that period shall be elected for one year, by the stockholders for the time being, and each director shall be a stockholder al the time of his election, and shall cease to be a director, if he should cease to be a stockholder; and no director of any other bank shall at the same time be a director of this bank. Every share shall entitle its proprietor to a vote, but nc stockholder shall be permitted to vote (except at the first election) who has not held his stock for thirty days prior to the election and all stockholders shall vote at elections by ballot, in person or by proxy, which proxy, in all elec r tions after the first, shall be made in such form as the president and directors shall prescribe, but no officer of the bank receiving a salary shall be permitted to vote as a proxy for any stockholder. ARTICLE vi. An election by the stockholders of the com pany shall be holden on the first Monday in April in every’ year (except the next April) at such place asjthe president and directors shad appoint, by giving four weeks notice in one or more of thejnewspapers of the city of Washing ton, for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing yerr, who shall take their seats at the board the succeeding day, and immediately proceed to elect the president: but for the pre sent year, for the more immediate organiza tion of the business of the company, the elec tion shall beholden on the second Monday in January next, under the direction of thu com missioners appointed to receive subscriptons, and the duties of the said commissioners shall thereupon cease and determine, and they si all, so §oon as the said board of directors are o ganized, pay over to them all the monies which may have been received for the subscription oi stock, and shall a so deliver over to them all the booksand pipers belonging to the institu tion. And the president and directors for the time being shall continue to hold th. if offices until others shall be appointed in their places. No privilege shall be extended in loaning to a director on account of his being a director. Not more th^n nine of the directors, exclusive of the president, shall be eligible for the next suc ceeding year; but*the director who sin 11 be president at the time of an election may al ways. be re-elected. ARTICLE VII. The president and directors are hereby fulh empowered to make, revise, alter or annul all such rules, orders, bye-laws and regulations f» the government of th company, and that of their officers, servants and affairs, as tin y hall, from tim? to time, think exp-diem, not incon sistent with law or these articles of association and to use, employ and dispose of the juir.i stock, funds or property of the said company, (subject only to tiie restrictions her inaftei mentioned) as to them may seem expedient, and to loan to any stockholder, without an en dorser, on a pledge of stock of the company by such stockholder, not exceeding three fourths of said stock. ARTICLE VIII, J All bills, bonds, notes and every contract and engagement on behalf of the company, for the payment of money, shall be signed by the president and countersigned or attested by the cashier of the company; and the funds of the company shall in no case be held responsible for any contract or engiigeme.it whatever, unless the same shall be so signed, and countersigned or attested as aforesaid. ARTICLE IX. The books, papers, correspondence and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the board of directors. ARTICLE X. The said president and.directors shall have power to appoint a cashier, and ail other offi cers and servants for executing the business of the company and to establish the compensation to be paid to the president, and all other officers and servants of the company respectively, and winch, together with all other necessary expen ces, shall be defrayed out of the funds of the company. ARTICLE XI. The president and directors shall have power to call a general meeting of the stockholders for the purposes relative to the concerns of the com pany, giving at least six weeks notice in one or more of the newspapers of the city of Washing ton, specifying in such notice the objector ob jects of such meeting. ARTICLE XII. The shares of capital stock at any time own ed by any individual stockholder, shall be trans fers file on the books of the company according to such rules as may, conformably to law, be established in that behalf by the president and directors but all debts actually due and paya ble to the company (days of grace for payment being past) by a stockholder requesting a trans fer, must fie satisfied before such transfer shall be made, unless the president and directors shall direct to the contrary. ARTICLE XIII. No transfer of slock in this company shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless made in a book or books to be kept for that purpose by the company and it is further ex pressly agreed and declared, that any stock holder who shall transfer in manner aforesaid all his stock or shares in this company to any other person or persons whatever, shall theie upon cease to be a member of this company and thal any person or persons whatever, who shall accept a transfer of any stock or share in this company, shaii thereupon become, and be a member of this company, according to these articles of association. ARTICLE XXV. It is hereby expressly and explicitly declared to be the object and intention of the persons who associate under the pame or firm of The President and Directors of the Bank of the Metropolis,’ that the joint stock or property of the said company, exclusive of dividends to be made in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall alone be responsible for the debts and en gagements of the said company and that no person who shall or may deal with this compa ny, or to whom they shall or may become in any wise indebted, shall on any pretence what ever have recourse against the separate proper ty of any present or future member of this company or against their persons, excepting 'he officers and servants of said company, m regard to the faithful discharge of their res pective duties in the conduct of the affairs and administration of the funds of said company; but all persons accepting any bond, bill or note, or other contract of this company, signed by the president and countersigned by tiie cashier of the. company for the time being, or dealing with it in any other manner whatsoever, there by respectively give credit to the said joint smek or property of the said company, and thereby respectively disavow having recourse on any pretence whatever to the person or se parate property of any present or future i member of this company (excepting as before mentioned). And all suits to be brought 1 against this company (if any shall be) shall b© brought against the president for thejtime be ing, and in case of his death or removal from office, pending any such suit against him, mea sures shall be taken at the expense of the com pany for substituting his successor in office as a defendant, so that persons haying demands upon the company may not be prejudiced or de bved by that event’, or if the person suing shall go on against the person first named as defendant, (notwithstanding his death or remo val from office) this company shall take no ad vantage,by writ of error or otherwise,of such pro ceeding on that account: ct all recovery had, in manner aforesaid, shall be conclusive upon the company, so far as to render the company’s said joint stock or property liable thereby, and no further; and the company shall immediate ly pay the amount of such recovery out of their joint stock, but not otherwise. And in case of any suit at law, the president shall sign his ap pearance upon the writ, or file common bail thereto it being expressly understood and de clared, that all persons dealing with said com pany agree to these terms and arebound there by rd will not require special bail from any person f ,r or on account of any claim or demand upon the said company. ARTICLE XV. The first dividend of the profits of the com party, or so much of said profits as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be de clared at such time as the directors shall de termine, and all future dividends half yearly thereafter. The amount of said dividend shall from time to time be determined by the presi dent and directors, at a meeting held for that purpose, and shall in no case exceed the amount of the net profits actually acquired by the com pany, so that the CipitT stock of the said com pany shall never be impaired by dividends but the directors shall be at liberty to retain at least one per cent, upon the capital paid in as a fund for future contingencies. ARTICLE XVI. If the said directors shah at any time wilful ly and knowingly make or declare any dividend which shall impair the said capital stock, all the directors present at the making or declaring of said dividend, and consenting thereto, shall be liable in their individual capacities to the com pany, for the amount or proportion of said ca pital stock, so divided by the said directors and each director who shall be present at the making or declaring such dividend, shall be deemed to have consented thereto, unless he shall immediately enter in writing his dissent on tiie minutes of the proceedings of the bo; rd, and give public notice to the stockholders, that such dividend ha, been declared. ARTICLE XVII. If any vacancy shf said company, unless it contain a iim tation or restriction to the effect above recited; and the company hereby ex pressly disavow all responsibility for any debt or engagement which may be made in their name not containing a limitation or r nction to the eficc; aforesaid. ARTICLE XIX. The company shall m no case be owners of any ships or vessels, or directly or indirectly be concerned in trade, or the importation or ex portation, purchase or sale of any goods, wares or merchandize whatever, (bills of exchange, bank stock,public securities and bullion only ex cepted) and except such ships, vessels, goods, u ares or merchandize as shall fie truly pledged to them by way of security for debts due, ow ing or grow ing due to the said company, or pur chased by them to secure such dents so due to the said company. ARTICLE X-X. The company shall not purchase or hold any lands, tenements or other real estates, other than what may be necessary for the convenient transaction of its business, unless such lands, tenements and real estates, shall have been bo na fide mortgaged to the company by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts contracted in the course of dealings, or purchased to secure debts contracted with or due to the company, and in every instance in which the company may become owners or claimants of lands, tenements or real estates, the president and directors are empowered to sell or dispose of the same in such manner as they may deem beneficial for the company. ARTICLE XXI. Any number of stockholders, not less than one hundred, who together shall be proprie tors of twenty-five hundred shares, may for any purpose relative to the institution, at any time, apply to the president and directors to call a general meeting of the stockholders; and if by them refused, the said number of stockholders, proprietors of not less than the number of shares aforesaid, shall have power to call a general meeting of the stockholders, giving at least sixty days notice in one or more of the public newspapers of the city of Washington, specifying in such notice the object or objects of such call. ARTICLE XXII. Thirty days preceding every election (after the first) of directors, there shall be made out a complete list of the stockholders, which list shall be open at the bank for the inspection of any stockholder during the said period. ARTICLE XXIII. The president and directors shall be at li berty to loan to the government of the United States, to the amount of one third of their ca pital stock paid in. ARTICLE XXIV. The stockholders may, at a general meeting, increase the capital stock to ten millions of dollars, to be subscribed for and paid in as such meeting may prescribe: and when the whole ten millions are subscribed for, there shall be appointed additional directors, to be non-residents of the District of Columbia: Provided one fourth part of the capital stock shall be held by citizens and inhabitants of the United States, not residing in the District of Columbia and the stockholders, at a general meeting, may prescribe from what state or city such addition al directors shall be taken and may erect them into a separate board or boards, with powertu assist in conducting the business of the bank, pursuant to such regulations as the stockholdersjmay prescribe. ARTICLE XXV. Immediately on the dissolution of this asso ciation, prompt and effectual measures shall be taken by the directors then existing for closing all the concerns of the company, and for dividing the capital and profits which may remain among the stockholders, in proportion to their respective interests. In witness whereof, &c. &'c% by which river it is bounded mere than one mile. The other division contains upwards of six hundred acres of land, the quality of which is the same each of those farms has a sufficient portion of excellent timber, and no soil is more, admirably adapted to the Use of clover and plaister. The Farms will be subdivided to suit purchasers, and an indisputable title given to the whole of the property. Should one or both of those farms be sold, possession will not be given the purchaser till the first day of April next, at which time will be sold, upon the premises, a quantity of Corn, Negroes, Stock and Farming Utensils of every kind Two thirds of the purchase money will be required in hand, the residue in two equal annual ini stalments’ to be secured by a lien upon the land. GEORGE W. BALL, PAYETTE BALL, CHARLES B. BALL. Heirs and Devisees of Ji. Ji all deceased. Leesuuko, Loudoun County, 7 State of Virginia, Sept. 16, 1813. C M-Oct. 5.